Re: Last Movies You Have Rented

This is the last movie I watched although the only I paid was to Netflix--Girl 27. It was a fascinating documentary about a 17 year old extra who was raped at a party MGM put on for their salesmen back in 1937. She tried to prosecute the guilty but was thwarted from every side due to the enormous influence MGM held. The whole story was basically swept under the carpet and out of the public eye until somebody stumbled over it and made this doc.Girl 27 (2007) - IMDb

Re: Last Movies You Have Rented

Originally Posted by Critical

I bought a Roku player a few weeks ago and LOVE it. It was only $50. It doesn't do anything else but play streaming content, like play games or discs or something, but it was cheaper too. Plus, it's tiny, so it doesn't take up much room. I shopped around for Blu-Ray players or other consoles that do Netflix streaming and Roku was the cheapest option. The Blu-Ray players that I looked at that were the least expensive also didn't get very god reviews (imagine that!) and I decided I'd rather have the Roku that did one thing well than something more expensive that didn't do anything well. I was worried about the picture quality, but it's been great.

Anyway, just a thought!

I took your thought and ran with it. I started out at Amazon since I'm a Prime member, but went with the Roku website where the special of 49.99 and free shipping ends today. However, they also charge sales tax, so, with the added cable, I paid 64.64. I swear this is the LAST purchase I make this month. My Fire is stocked and itunes has plenty of tunes. Okay - I justified this purchase. LOL

Re: Last Movies You Have Rented

Originally Posted by Arielflies

I took your thought and ran with it. I started out at Amazon since I'm a Prime member, but went with the Roku website where the special of 49.99 and free shipping ends today. However, they also charge sales tax, so, with the added cable, I paid 64.64. I swear this is the LAST purchase I make this month. My Fire is stocked and itunes has plenty of tunes. Okay - I justified this purchase. LOL

I hope you like it as much as I do! I'm going to downgrade my Netflix DVD service to one disc at a time, since I can watch so much streaming content now. I have used streaming before, but I prefer watching on my TV vs. my computer. You can also get Hulu Plus, Pandora and Crackle, along with many other services on the Roku as well. If only Xfinity and HBOGo were available here, I'd be set.

I just watched Young Adult with Charlize Theron. While I didn't love it, I thought Charlize gave a terrific performance and Patton Oswalt was fantastic. I think he's only scratched the surface of what he can do as an actor.

I also watched Never Let Me Go with Kyra Knightly and Carey Mulligan and man, what a depressing movie! Distopian society where children are bred to be organ donors and die in young adulthood after their bodies have given out. Yay! Carey Mulligan and Andrew Garfield were very good. Not a KK fan at all but, mercifully, she wasn't in it as much as the other two. It was in my queue for a while and I did want to see it, but I can't say I enjoyed it.

Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.' - Isaac Asimov

I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates, who said, "... I drank what?"

Re: Last Movies You Have Rented

Originally Posted by Arielflies

I took your thought and ran with it. I started out at Amazon since I'm a Prime member, but went with the Roku website where the special of 49.99 and free shipping ends today. However, they also charge sales tax, so, with the added cable, I paid 64.64. I swear this is the LAST purchase I make this month. My Fire is stocked and itunes has plenty of tunes. Okay - I justified this purchase. LOL

I also love my Roku. We also have a blu-ray player that streams Netflix, but I never use it because the Roku interface to Netflix is MUCH more user friendly!

The Darkest Hour - I watched this with my son this afternoon. I thought the trailers looked intriguing. Unfortunately, it was TERRIBLE. All of the good special effects were shown on the trailers. The acting was bad, and the script was worse. None of the characters really had a back story that made you connect with them. The characters kept making ridiculous choices that didn't make sense. Everything that the characters might need was too conveniently placed (Walking through a dark building and the flare they are using for light burns out JUST as they walk into a room with lanterns! You need to see what is going on far away LOOK here's a scope you can use!). And the "rules" were applied inconsistently (the aliens can't detect them through glass, yet it later "sees" the characters through a building window). I would say don't waste your time!

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Originally Posted by Critical

I also watched Never Let Me Go with Kyra Knightly and Carey Mulligan and man, what a depressing movie! Distopian society where children are bred to be organ donors and die in young adulthood after their bodies have given out. Yay! Carey Mulligan and Andrew Garfield were very good. Not a KK fan at all but, mercifully, she wasn't in it as much as the other two. It was in my queue for a while and I did want to see it, but I can't say I enjoyed it.

That movie made me cry and is probably a contributing factor to why I won't go near Hunger Games. It was a hard, thoughtful movie not so much in the future as in the past and present. The contrast between those accepting their destiny and those railing against it made it bittersweet also as destiny won in the end for all of them. I'm getting the shivers just thinking about it.

On the Roku...it says it connects to "most" TVs. Mine is a big box Sony eight years old and has the round holes for push in cable joins. The photo of the cable that will come with the machine has a flat computer type connection. This makes me nervous, but I should know within the week whether I need to take them up on their 30 day return policy.

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Originally Posted by Arielflies

On the Roku...it says it connects to "most" TVs. Mine is a big box Sony eight years old and has the round holes for push in cable joins. The photo of the cable that will come with the machine has a flat computer type connection. This makes me nervous, but I should know within the week whether I need to take them up on their 30 day return policy.

I think you should be okay as long as your TV has the yellow/white/red plug receptacles. The specs even on the newer Roku boxes say they support this:

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My Roku is connected to my wireless network, so I only have the red/yellow/white cable that ClosetRTWatcher mentioned. I'm sure that, if your TV doesn't have the right stuff, you could find an adapter at Radio Shack or Best Buy (although probably Radio Shack). I have the LT model, BTW.

Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.' - Isaac Asimov

I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates, who said, "... I drank what?"

Re: Last Movies You Have Rented

Originally Posted by ClosetRTWatcher

The Darkest Hour - I watched this with my son this afternoon. I thought the trailers looked intriguing. Unfortunately, it was TERRIBLE. All of the good special effects were shown on the trailers. The acting was bad, and the script was worse. None of the characters really had a back story that made you connect with them. The characters kept making ridiculous choices that didn't make sense. Everything that the characters might need was too conveniently placed (Walking through a dark building and the flare they are using for light burns out JUST as they walk into a room with lanterns! You need to see what is going on far away LOOK here's a scope you can use!). And the "rules" were applied inconsistently (the aliens can't detect them through glass, yet it later "sees" the characters through a building window). I would say don't waste your time!